Population explosion

Population explosion 

The '50s marked the beginning of further acceleration of population. The 
vegetative growth of the Latin American population was 
moderate, had called the Primitive Balance, this means 
high mortality rates to compensate for the high mortality. 
This was associated with an underdeveloped economy, such 
so there was a balance between population and resources 
economical. 
This situation changed abruptly in the mid 50s and 
60s. The Latin American countries began to receive the 
developed countries a significant help in the field of health, 
both directly and through international bodies such as 
the UN. 
Major foreign pharmaceutical companies have settled in 
several Latin American countries, this could produce 
medicines at low prices, unlike medicines which 
were imported. 
With the medical and health gains in Latin America was 
a considerable improvement in standards of public health. 
With decreasing mortality and the maintenance of high rates 
mortality led to a real demographic explosion. 
It reached its zenith in the mid-1960s, when the 
Population growth in Latin America reached a rate 
annual 3.3%. 
According to scholars, the strong demographic growth and a 
relatively low expansion of resources available for 
population would be the root of underdevelopment. 
The resulting poverty of the population explosion would be responsible 
for maintaining the high birth rate, which in turn accelerate the 

population growth.